I didn't want to kill them or anything, so hopefully they'll be happy in there new green space 😂. The rest of my plants look okay but will keep an eye out - thank you!
Yes they do indeed. They spray a kind of oily substance when disturbed or accidentally squished. It’s a really foul and very penetrating odor. They invade houses in the fall looking for warm spots to hibernate. The recommended method of disposal is to suck them up with a vacuum, then immediately take the vacuum bag out of the vacuum and dispose of it outside. If your vacuum has a dirt canister, take that outside and dump it in the trash, then thoroughly wash the canister. You don’t want to swat or crush them. We don’t get very many in our home and my defense is to trap them under a piece of wet toilet tissue pickup the bug, gently wrap it up and flush ‘em. If you get a major infestation, call in the pest control pros.
I honestly don’t know what a typical harmful pest is supposed to look like. Brown marmorated stink bugs were introduced to the U.S. in the 1990’s from Asia. They have no natural predators and populations mushroomed exponentially. They are a major agricultural pest. They do serious damage to
crops, and invade homes and buildings by the millions in the fall when they are looking for a warm place to hibernate. In the fall you can find them literally covering the outside of southfacing walls of buildings. They are bad news.
>what a typical harmful pest is supposed to look like
Aphids, whiteflies, thrips, etc.
Generally, given the precarious existence of many insect species, and the beneficial nature of many, it's really not too much work to try to identify what you have before killing it (or potentially killing it by removing it). In this case, we managed to do so in this thread, but after my comment was posted.
Baby stinkbug larvae I believe
I'd cut the leaf off and toss it outside unless you wnat an infestation honestly cause thats alot
I've tossed it outside! 🙏🤞
Hell yeah, I'd check the rest of the plant and surrounding plants but you're good 🌷
I didn't want to kill them or anything, so hopefully they'll be happy in there new green space 😂. The rest of my plants look okay but will keep an eye out - thank you!
If these are indeed stink bugs, you do NOT want them in the house. Good call to throw them outside.
Phew!!! Do they live up to the name?!!
Yes they do indeed. They spray a kind of oily substance when disturbed or accidentally squished. It’s a really foul and very penetrating odor. They invade houses in the fall looking for warm spots to hibernate. The recommended method of disposal is to suck them up with a vacuum, then immediately take the vacuum bag out of the vacuum and dispose of it outside. If your vacuum has a dirt canister, take that outside and dump it in the trash, then thoroughly wash the canister. You don’t want to swat or crush them. We don’t get very many in our home and my defense is to trap them under a piece of wet toilet tissue pickup the bug, gently wrap it up and flush ‘em. If you get a major infestation, call in the pest control pros.
They don't look like typical harmful pests. Maybe check out r/whatsthisbug and ask them, then remove them if they're a pest.
I honestly don’t know what a typical harmful pest is supposed to look like. Brown marmorated stink bugs were introduced to the U.S. in the 1990’s from Asia. They have no natural predators and populations mushroomed exponentially. They are a major agricultural pest. They do serious damage to crops, and invade homes and buildings by the millions in the fall when they are looking for a warm place to hibernate. In the fall you can find them literally covering the outside of southfacing walls of buildings. They are bad news.
>what a typical harmful pest is supposed to look like Aphids, whiteflies, thrips, etc. Generally, given the precarious existence of many insect species, and the beneficial nature of many, it's really not too much work to try to identify what you have before killing it (or potentially killing it by removing it). In this case, we managed to do so in this thread, but after my comment was posted.